Tender fingertips? A mother-of-three wins a publishing deal after writing her first novel on a BLACKBERRY

Tender fingertips A mother-of-three wins a publishing deal after writing her first novel on a BLACKBERRY

Georgina Campbell wrote 55,600 words on smartphone

Filled 200 pages in just four months with help of daughter

‘The Kickdown Girls’ is about a group of girls growing up in south London and has now been published

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17:18 GMT, 1 November 2012

Georgina Campbell has penned an entire novel using only her Blackberry, which has now been published

A tech-savvy mother-of-three has shunned the classic pen and paper method of book-writing and written her debut novel using only her Blackberry mobile phone.

Georgina Campbell decided to pen her first book after a ‘bet’ with her 14-year-old daughter Lorra – and wrote all 55,600 words on her mobile phone’s memopad.

The 41-year-old said that she made a bet with her daughter after watching 2011 Brit movie Attack The Block last year – a film about a street gang in south London fighting off an alien invasion.

Miss Campbell, from Vauxhall, south London, said: 'Lorra and I were watching this movie Attack The Block and she thought it was brilliant.

'I thought it was rubbish and said that I thought I could write a better script, so we challenged each other to write something.'

She said that as soon as she started writing on her Blackberry she became ‘immersed’ in the task and soon rattled out more than 55,600 words – filling up 200 pages in just four months.

The end result was a book, called ‘The Kickdown Girls’ about a group of girls growing up in south London, described as a ‘gritty thriller’, which has now been published.

Miss Campbell, who has worked as a chef at the US Embassy in London and the trendy Beach Blanket Babylon bar in Notting Hill, said: 'I started typing on my Blackberry because it was something I had with me all the time and could easily just take out and start typing anywhere.

Miss Campbell, from Vauxhall, south London, said: 'Me and Lorra were watching this movie Attack The Block and she thought it was brilliant.

'I thought it was rubbish and said that I thought I could write a better script, so we challenged each other to write something.'

She said that as soon as she started writing on her Blackberry she became ‘immersed’ in the task and soon rattled out more than 55,600 words – filling up 200 pages in just four months.

The end result was a book, called ‘The Kickdown Girls’ about a group of girls growing up in south London, described as a ‘gritty thriller’, which has now been published.

Miss Campbell, who has worked as a chef at the US Embassy in London and the trendy Beach Blanket Babylon bar in Notting Hill, said: 'I started typing on my Blackberry because it was something I had with me all the time and could easily just take out and start typing anywhere.

'I was writing on the train, on breaks at work, waiting for a bus, having a bath, when I was walking around – anywhere.

'It completely took over my life – all I thought about morning to night was writing the book.'

Miss Campbell, who left school at 15 with no qualifications and ended up in care during her teenage years, said she had soon written more than 55,000 words using just the Blackberry memopad app – normally used for writing shopping lists and to-do lists.

Georgina used the memopad of her smartphone to type out thousands of words which have now been published

She said: 'When I started writing the book I would normally do it after a 12-hour shift at work and it would be a breeze – I loved it and wrote through the night.

'It was almost like a holiday – I’d just sit down and start typing the book out on my Blackberry using my two thumbs.

'It was one of the most satisfying things I’ve ever done – and to have it published it just amazing.'

She said that her daughter Lorra – who she made a bet with to write a better book than the script to Attack The Block – had only managed to write 10 pages of her own book, but added: 'She’s got plenty of time yet.'

The book has now been published by Memoirs Books and is on sale on Amazon and can be bought at a string ob booksellers including WH Smith, Waterstones and Barnes and Noble.